GM Arturs Neiksans: From Late-Blooming GM Who Reached 2600+ to a Premier Coach & Course Creator

121 Latvian GM Arturs Neiksans earned his Grandmaster title relatively late. At age 28. But that didn’t stop him from becoming a force in the chess world.Not only did he climb to an impressive 2631 FIDE rating…

But even outside of competition, Arturs developed a dynamic career as a coach to top youths, a premier Chessable course creator, and a YouTuber with awesome chess content.

In our interview, we discuss:

• How he helped promising young talent become GMs while working as head coach at the historic Riga Chess School.
• His approach to making even his most robust opening courses accessible to club players.
• Why he likes to play provocative openings like the Dutch and Scandinavian to take opponents out of their comfort zone.
• Building a YouTube channel with popular bootcamps and reviews of classic games.
• Does a club player need to worry about which Silician makes the most sense to play at their level?

More From Arturs:

• Chessable Courses
• YouTube Channel
• Twitter
• Facebook

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